This book explores cannibalism, food, eating and being eaten in its many variations. It deals with people who feel threatened by cannibals, churches who combat cannibals and anthropologists who find themselves suspected of being cannibals. It describes how different African and European images of the cannibal intersected and influenced each other in Tooro, Western Uganda, where the figure of the resurrecting cannibal draws on both pre-Christian ideas and church dogma of the bodily resurrection and the ritual of Holy Communion. In Tooro cannibals are witches: they bewitch people so that they die only to be resurrected and eaten. This is how they were perceived in the 1990s when a lay movement of the Catholic Church, the Uganda Martyrs Guild (UMG) organized witch-hunts to cleanse the country. The UMG was responding to an extended crisis: growing poverty, the retreat and corruption of the local government, a guerrilla war, a high death rate through AIDS, accompanied by an upsurge of occult forces in the form of cannibal witches. By trying to deal, explain and "heal" the situation of "internal terror", the UMG reinforced the perception of the reality of witches and cannibals while at the same time containing violence and regaining power for the Catholic Church in competition for "lost souls" with other Pentecostal churches and movements. This volume includes the DVD of a video film by Armin Linke and Heike Behrend showing a "crusade" to identify and cleanse witches and cannibals organized by the UMG in the rural area of Kyamiaga in 2002. With a heightened awareness and reflective use of the medium, UMG members created a domesticated version of their crusade for Western (and local) consumption as part of a "shared ethnography". Heike Behrend is Professor of Anthropology and African Studies at the University of Cologne, Germany, the author of Alice Lakwena and the Holy Spirits (James Currey, 1999), and co-editor of Spirit Possession, Modernity and Power in Africa(James Currey, 1999). (source: Nielsen Book Data) 9781847010391 20160607

The pinnacle of the Apollo programme was the first steps taken on the moon by Neil Armstrong in 1969. This came at a price the launch pad fire of Apollo 1 the drama of Apollo 13. From these beginnings the Apollo programme went on to push the boundaries of endurance in space with Skylab and ended with the Americans and Soviets joining forces in orbit. Eight short years saw not only an incredible technological achievement, but also unbelievable bravery of an elite team of astronauts who rode into the unknown on the most powerful rockets ever devised. With fascinating 'Did You Know' facts, this book narrates the entire Apollo story. The exploration of the lunar surface started in 1969 and continued until 1972. This DVD follows the Apollo programme through to the final lunar landing. The DVD contains film from all the lunar landings from the historic first steps to the lunar rovers of the later missions. (source: Nielsen Book Data) 9780752459837 20160606
When Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepped onto the surface of the Moon in July 1969, it marked the pinnacle of the Apollo programme and a victory over the Soviets. But victory came at a terrible price, as politicians drove engineers forwards, beginning with the disastrous Apollo 1 launch-pad fire that killed three astronauts, and ending with the unfolding drama of the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission. Following on from the Moon landings, the Apollo programme went on to push the boundaries of long endurance space missions aboard Skylab, and it finished on a triumphant note with the American and Soviets joining forces in orbit, concluding a decade of feuding and paving the way for the International Space Station. Eight short years saw not only an incredible technological advancement, but also the unbelievable bravery of an elite team of astronauts who rode into the unknown on the most powerful rockets ever devised. (source: Nielsen Book Data) 9780752451732 20160606

Shows basic first aid procedures in caring for burn injuries. Classifies burns in terms of severity and type. Discusses the general rules in caring for burn victims and describes special precautions and procedures for dealing with victims of electrical burns.

Shows accidental injuries in various compartments of a ship and under a variety of environmental conditions. After the initial first aid, the proper method and techniques for handling and transporting the injured through complicated routes to the first aid station are demonstrated. Various types of stretchers and shipboard medical evacuation by helicopter are also demonstrated.

Describes Stanford University's innovative Youth Opportunity Program which brings high-school students from minority communities to work and learn at the university during the summer. Focuses on one highly successful aspect of the program in Stanford's medical research labs.

An animated film analyzing the ancient symbolism of lines that men have used to express their ideas, and of the imaginary lines that men have drawn to divide themselves from others; lines of fear, possesion, greed and color. Stresses the need for education against the elements of intolerance.